On the basis of the introduction of the level of urbanization and the dynamic trend of arable land resources in Shaanxi
Province, this thesis analysed the relationship between the level of urbanization in Shaanxi Province and the change of cultivated land by the correlation theory. And it also analysed the synergy degree of urbanization and arable land at different stages of Shaanxi Province from 1980 to 2010 drawing lessons from the Concorde degree model. The study showed that the cultivated land in Shaanxi Province had showed a declining trend, for every unit increase in the level of urbanization, the arable land will be reduced by 6.318 units. The increase in the level of urbanization and dwindling of arable land shows the transition from the negative effect to the positive effect. The coordination between the level of urbanization in Shaanxi Province and the arable land resources exhibits periodic characteristics, overall showing the three stages of "barely coordinate and basically coordinate - incoordinate – coordinate, basic ally coordinate and comparatively coordinate". |